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Table 4 Determinants of the self-reported effect of the SRs' activities on prescribing decisions of the GPs.

From: Impact of pharmaceutical promotion on prescribing decisions of general practitioners in Eastern Turkey

 

Always or sometimes affected

Never affected

 

Determinants (N = 152)

N

%**

N

%**

P

Gender

     

Male

75

92.6

6

7.4

 

Female

63

88.7

8

11.3

 

Participation in any training programmes of drug companies

    

*

Yes

110

94.0

7

6.0

 

No

28

80.0

7

20.0

 

Participation in in-service training

     

Yes

31

93.9

12

6.1

 

No

107

89.9

2

10.1

 

Work Setting

    

*

Primary health center

95

95.0

5

5.0

 

Hospital

43

82.7

9

17.3

 

Frequency of SR visits to GPs

    

*

More than 1 per month

105

95.4

5

4.6

 

Less frequently

33

78.5

9

21.5

 

Years of practice

    

*

5 and under

72

96.0

3

4.0

 

More than 5

66

85.7

11

14.3

 

Patient per day

    

*

<60

69

86.3

11

13.7

 

60 and more

69

95.8

3

4.2

 
  1. * Statistically significant, p values (exact sig. 2-sided) under 0.05
  2. ** Row percent